2 Kings 21:4

American Standard Version (1901)

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 7:13 : 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
  • 1 Kgs 8:29 : 29 that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place whereof thou hast said, My name shall be there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place.
  • Jer 32:34 : 34 But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
  • 1 Kgs 9:3 : 3 And Jehovah said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
  • 2 Kgs 16:10-16 : 10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. 11 And Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus. 12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near unto the altar, and offered thereon. 13 And he burnt his burnt-offering and his meal-offering, and poured his drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace-offerings, upon the altar. 14 And the brazen altar, which was before Jehovah, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of Jehovah, and put it on the north side of his altar. 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and the evening meal-offering, and the king's burnt-offering, and his meal-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by. 16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
  • Ps 78:68-69 : 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved. 69 And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.
  • Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation. 14 This is my resting-place for ever: Here will I dwell; For I have desired it.
  • Exod 20:24 : 24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.
  • Deut 12:5 : 5 But unto the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Chr 33:3-5
    3 verses
    93%

    3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

    4 And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

    5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.

  • 2 Kgs 21:5
    84%

    5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.

  • 2 Kgs 21:7
    81%

    7 And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever;

  • 2 Chr 33:7
    79%

    7 And he set the graven image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

  • 2 Kgs 21:3
    76%

    3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

  • 1 Kgs 16:32
    75%

    32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

  • 2 Chr 20:8
    75%

    8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

  • 2 Chr 33:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15 And he took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Jehovah, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

    16 And he built up the altar of Jehovah, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve Jehovah, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 8:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20 And Jehovah hath established his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

    21 And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Kgs 3:2
    73%

    2 Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.

  • 2 Chr 6:7
    73%

    7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    73%

    1 Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel.

  • 2 Chr 28:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of Jehovah; and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

    25 And in every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger Jehovah, the God of his fathers.

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    72%

    16 For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 2 Chr 21:11
    72%

    11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot, and led Judah astray.

  • 2 Chr 6:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 And Jehovah hath performed his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

    11 And there have I set the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with the children of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 3:1
    72%

    1 Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where [Jehovah] appeared unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 2 Kgs 15:35
    72%

    35 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.

  • 1 Kgs 8:17
    72%

    17 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

  • Jer 7:12
    72%

    12 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    72%

    5 And, behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build the house for my name.

  • 2 Kgs 23:13
    72%

    13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

  • 2 Chr 2:4
    71%

    4 Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is [an ordinance] for ever to Israel.

  • Jer 19:13
    71%

    13 and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink-offerings unto other gods.

  • 2 Chr 1:4
    71%

    4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kiriath-jearim to [the place] that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 34:4
    71%

    4 And they brake down the altars of the Baalim in his presence; and the sun-images that were on high above them he hewed down; and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves [of them] that had sacrificed unto them.

  • 2 Chr 32:12
    71%

    12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and upon it shall ye burn incense?

  • 2 Kgs 23:4
    71%

    4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven, and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.

  • 2 Kgs 23:15
    71%

    15 Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he brake down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.

  • Hag 1:8
    71%

    8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.

  • Jer 32:34
    71%

    34 But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
    71%

    3 And Jehovah said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

  • Gen 13:4
    71%

    4 unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.

  • Jer 7:30
    71%

    30 For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight, saith Jehovah: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

  • 1 Chr 22:7
    71%

    7 And David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God.

  • 2 Chr 34:7
    71%

    7 And he brake down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 23:27
    71%

    27 And Jehovah said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

  • 2 Chr 27:4
    70%

    4 Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

  • 1 Kgs 13:32
    70%

    32 For the saying which he cried by the word of Jehovah against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

  • Jer 7:14
    70%

    14 therefore will I do unto the house which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.

  • 2 Kgs 23:19
    70%

    19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [Jehovah] to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el.

  • 1 Kgs 15:4
    70%

    4 Nevertheless for David's sake did Jehovah his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;

  • 1 Kgs 6:19
    70%

    19 And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.

  • 2 Chr 28:4
    70%

    4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

Created by Digify•Powered by SQLExpert
© 2025 Bibelvers. All rights reserved.